Thirteen Democrats and one independent in the United States Senate questioned the announcement last week by the Secretary of the health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius it would not allow to overcome the-counter sales of Plan B, the emergency contraceptive, girls under 17
Sebelius's decision went against the recommendation of the Food and Drug administration, whose chief Margaret Hamburg said scientific evidence supported making Plan B available without a prescription. "We firmly believe that FDA regulation should be based on science," wrote Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and others in a letter sent yesterday to Sebelius. They ask the secretary to "share with your specific reason and the scientific data you relied on the decision to overrule the FDA recommendation. "
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